The outage first started being reported around 5am UK time, and appears to be affecting many core services.
“It keeps saying my email is invalid and won’t let me sign in,” one user wrote. Another added: "It says the Playstation system is undergoing maintenence but online states everything is working."
Sony have yet to confirm whether this problem is widespread and have yet to update the official PSN status site.
The Express can confirm that we are currently unable to sign into the PlayStation Network in North America on our PS4 console.
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